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Purveyor

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15. A vote some 14 years ago. Positions change. You the same person today you were 14 years ago? eom
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 10:42 PM
Dec 2012
One 'trick' Barney? I don't think so. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #1
nice slur in bold at the end of your post dsc Dec 2012 #2
Hagel's comment were some 14 years ago. You stand by everything you stood for some 14 years ago? Purveyor Dec 2012 #3
I wasn't a US Senator 14 years ago dsc Dec 2012 #5
Hagel wasn't in the Senate 2009-2010...he retired the Senate in 2008. eom Purveyor Dec 2012 #9
but as a former military person who changed his mind dsc Dec 2012 #12
Was he party to the cause? Was he petitioned to do so and refused? Or should he just have stepped Purveyor Dec 2012 #14
No one made Goldwater do it dsc Dec 2012 #18
Goldwater? LOL. I'm not THAT old nor care to study the politics of 'Goldwater'. eom Purveyor Dec 2012 #20
It was a pretty big deal back in 1993 dsc Dec 2012 #21
Now you are going back 20 years? We are done. Have a Happy and Enlightened New Year. eom Purveyor Dec 2012 #25
the point is the comparison dsc Dec 2012 #26
please explain what you mean by "One 'trick' Barney" Kali Dec 2012 #4
he means he used a prostitute and horror of horros a gay one dsc Dec 2012 #6
You dispute the fact that Frank 'used' a prostitute...and 'got away with it?"...of course, yes...he Purveyor Dec 2012 #10
He paid for sex big whoop dsc Dec 2012 #13
A vote some 14 years ago. Positions change. You the same person today you were 14 years ago? eom Purveyor Dec 2012 #15
I can't find any info on ENDA or on who specifically voted for it. All I see on Wikipedia TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #17
Here dsc Dec 2012 #19
Hagel was not in the Senate then. The 104th Congress Senators for TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #23
Sure, his boyfriend just ran a prostitution service out of Frank's apartment. hughee99 Jan 2013 #32
It was thoroughly investigated at the time dsc Jan 2013 #33
I wasn't trashing Frank, and I remember it pretty well. hughee99 Jan 2013 #34
You should delete that comment. Shame on you for a number of reasons. Prometheus Bound Dec 2012 #7
Done but Barney must not forget his transgressions in the past before casting stones at another. nt Purveyor Dec 2012 #8
Jeezus, the man has to be the only conservative in history who has ever apologized TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #11
He did no such thing dsc Dec 2012 #16
I'm sorry, I read that apology and I can't find a thing wrong with it. TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #22
Just what part of his public record isn't reflected in those remarks? dsc Dec 2012 #24
He did not vote for an amendment against marriage discrimination. It never TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #27
Hmm. Maybe the timing of it makes it a little suspect. Maven Dec 2012 #29
I don't know. I wonder if anyone demanded a public apology when TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #30
This is what DU has come to? Shitting on Barney Frank to defend Chuck Hagel? Maven Dec 2012 #28
Hagel still a bigot JeanPierre2 Jan 2013 #31
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